The manzil Al Tuwaibe' was ruled by Aldebaran. The date Al Tuwaibe' 1 equals Gregorian day 177 (= 6 * 29½), i.e. June 26 (where 62 * 6 = 372). In rongorongo times Aldebaran rose with the Sun in May 28 (148) and 177 - 148 = 29 days. A.D. 1870 - 29 * 71 = ca 189 B.C. and presumably close to the beginning of the age of Pisces. Precession had moved the heliacal rising of Aldebaran ahead with around a month since then. Yet, the date Al Tuwaibe' 1 came later than the heliacal rising of Aldebaran. We would expect the beginning of the manzil calendar to have stayed fixed to a Gregorian date (viz. May 17) while the stars would gradually have pushed ahead in the year, not the opposite. I guess the reason could be that indeed the manzil Al Tuwaibe' at some time was defined to begin at 'June 26', but that Julius Ceasar by inserting 2 additional months in summer pushed the position of Al Tuwaibe' 1 a pair of months away in the year. I.e. the addition of his newly invented twin months may have forced the beginning of his calendar backwards to midwinter from an earlier rule with spring equinox as the beginning:
My idea is that once upon a time June was month number 6, with September following as number 7 (septem). Introducinng July and August in between must have resulted in moving the previous 10 months away from their original locations in the solar year. To cover up the old gap between December (the 10th month) and January (the 1st month) would have been the natural alternative. The earlier position of June would then have been where we today have August and August 26 (comparable to my assumed old June 26) would have been around 5 months after spring equinox:
At the beginning of the age of Pisces the manzil Al Tuwaibe' would accordingly have begun where Aldebaran rose with the Sun (= in Gregorian April 28). The old date 'June 26' ought to have been transferred backwards in time 2 lunar synodic months to the new date April 28. But eliminating 2 months would surely have been against human nature. July 1 is clearly in the C text of major importance, for instance is glyph number 468 equal to 118 + 350:
Now let's look ahead all the way to the end of Cb4 (possibly an unlucky line, because even if we add 14 it will stay under the command of Saturn):
Wezen (the Weight, δ Canis Majoris) rose with the Sun 107 days after March 21 and 107 was also the number of days from January 1 to the heliacal rising of Sheratan in April 17. There are 80 days from April 17 to July 6 and 473 ('one more' than 8 * 59) = 107 + 366.
Pollux rose with the Sun 60 days from the beginning of the manzil calendar. But the manzil date ought to have been not Heka 7 but a date around a month later in the manzil calendar. However, the Arabic manzil calendar does not use Castor or Pollux as ruling stars. Instead the traditional Gemini ruling star is Alhena (which in rongorongo times rose in Al Tuwaibe' 8). The date Alhena 1 corresponds to July 22 (203). The powerfully drawn Cb4-19 is an eye-catching glyph, which means a Sign.
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